Mataking Island Group
a great wall dive near Sipadan & Mabul

The area around Mataking and Pandanon Islands has some interesting wall dives and deeper dives for more advanced divers. The photographs below were taken there by Henry Nonamaker, one of our guests from a few years back.

The area around Mataking and Pandanan (Pom Pom Island) has some interesting wall dives and deeper dives for more advanced divers. 

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The diverse population of corals support hundreds of species of colourful coral dwelling fish and invertebrates and are intermingled with several species of molluscs including giant clams. Octopus can also be found here. Sponges and crinoids are found intermingled with corals or near coral patches and so are several species of marine algae (seaweeds). In or near the habitats created by these one finds a wide variety of interesting creatures including photographers’ favourites such as nudibranchs, lionfish, shrimp, lobsters, anemones, anemone fish, sea horses and a host of others.

Diving activity is year round in Mataking and sea surface temperatures are generally in the range of 25-30°C. Average visibility is in the range of 10-15 metres. Sea temperatures are at their lowest between November and February.